Sean Delonas is an American

political cartoonist An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curre ...

and author whose work was for 23 years published by the ''

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'' as part of their

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content. His cartoons are currently syndicated worldwide by Cagle Cartoons.

Life and career

Delonas graduated from the

New York Academy of Art The New York Academy of Art is a private art school in Tribeca, New York City. The academy offers a Master of Fine Arts degree with a focus on technical training and critical discourse as well as a Post-baccalaureate Certificate of Fine Art. The ...

.Hoffman, Bill (February 9, 2006)
Monster in a Box.
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'' Delonas is author of the

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''Scuttle's Big Wish'' (a retelling of the story of

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),Delonas, Sean (2006). ''Scuttle's Big Wish.'' HarperCollins, "Sean Delonas: The Ones They Didn't Print and Some of the Ones They Did." Skyhorse Publishing (2015)

and ''Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder's Survival Guide to New York City''.Mason, Jackie and Raoul Lionel Felder (1997). ''Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder's Survival Guide to New York City.'' Avon Books, His work has also appeared on the cover of another

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-owned publication, ''

The Weekly Standard ''The Weekly Standard'' was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the ''Standard'' had been described as a "re ...

''.Colford, Paul D. (February 5, 1998)
Conservative Journals Are Yukking It Up.
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Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...

'' He painted the altar

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for the Church of St. Agnes in New York.Beth Landman & Deborah Mitchell (February 16, 1998)
Delonas's Saints of Circumstance
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Controversies

A number of his cartoons have been criticized as "racist, offensive, and misleading." His work has been criticized as "ham-handed",Grossberger, Lewis (October 29, 2001)
Beware News Abuse.
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Mediaweek ''Mediaweek'' is an online trade website serving the Australian media industry. It provides news regarding the Australian newspaper, television, radio, magazine and outdoor advertising industries. It was until the end of 2017 a weekly printed ...

'' and he has been accused of "churning out malevolent fantasies."Cotts, Cynthia (October 30, 2001)
Big Brother’s 'Reason' to Fear.
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Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the cr ...

'' He has been called "the worst cartoonist on the planet" by ''Vanity Fair,'' which also asked if he was "stupid, racist, or both?" Conversely, ''

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'' also praised his irreverent visual imagination, and described as "a bizarre cross between Jack Davis of ''

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'' and

Hieronymous Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/ Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oa ...

." A 1999 cartoon depicted

Louis Farrakhan Louis Farrakhan (; born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader, Black supremacy, black supremacist, Racism, anti-white and Antisemitism, antisemitic Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorist, and former singer who hea ...

about to undergo surgery for recently diagnosed cancer, with the surgeons preparing to cut through his neck to remove "the cancerous tumor from Farrakhan's body."Kurtz, Howard (March 29, 1999)
Report of a Death, Slightly Exaggerated.
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Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large na ...

'' A 2001 cartoon showing rival editor Mortimer B. Zuckerman of the ''New York Daily News'' sending anthrax to ''Post'' editor Col Allan led to sponsor withdrawal.Blair, Jayson (October 24, 2001). Ads Withdrawn From The Post As Criticism of Anthrax Cartoon. ''

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'' After a photoshopped picture of the

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

muppet

Bert Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son ...

standing alongside Osama bin Laden went viral when it turned up on a pro-Osama placard, the website which included it (

Bert is Evil Bert is Evil is the name of a parody website, founded by Dino Ignacio on March 30, 1997, which featured Bert, a character on the American children's television program ''Sesame Street''. In 1998, Dino Ignacio, Wout J Reinders and Jasper Hulshoff P ...

) was taken down. Referencing this, in the ''Post'', Delonas did a series of depictions of Bert instructing and training

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...

and

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terrorists. 119 Leonardo Last Supper Easter Jesus Christian

In 2009, two days after a local chimpanzee mauling and one day after legislation was signed into law by President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

, Delonas depicted two white police officers who just shot and killed a chimpanzee. One officer says, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."Delonas, Sean (February 18, 2009)
Chimpanzee cartoon.
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'' The cartoon was widely criticized as in bad tasteRoland S. Martin
Commentary: NY Post cartoon is racist and careless
CNN, February 18, 2009, Accessed February 19, 2009. and as making a reference to the racial slur of African Americans being portrayed as apes. Protests came from journalists,Gabe Pressman
The Unfunny Cartoon
MSNBC.com, February 18, 2009, Accessed February 19, 2009. politicians, police groups,Simone Weichselbaum

''New York Daily News'', February 19, 2009, Accessed February 19, 2009. and the public.Nico Hines
Protesters picket New York Post over chimp cartoon
''The Times'', February 19, 2009, Accessed February 19, 2009. The ''Post'' disputed this interpretation and defended Delonas.Ashley Fantz
Racism row over chimp cartoon sparks debate
CNN, February 19, 2009, Accessed February 19, 2009. The ''Post'' apologized "to those who were offended by the image" while in the same statement accusing "some in the media" of seizing on the opportunity for "payback".Editor (February 20, 2009)

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'' In 2018, the '' Albuquerque Journal'' apologized for publishing a cartoon by Delonas which equated

MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1970s and 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Ange ...

gang members with Dreamers. The cartoon was widely criticized, including by both U.S. senators from New Mexico. 383 Hillary Gollum Trump

References

External links

Delonas' cartoons
via ''New York Post'' * Th
Sean Delonas Collection of Cartoons from the New York Post
at th
New-York Historical Society

seandelonas.com/
Sean Delonas website. SeanDelonas.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Delonas, Sean American editorial cartoonists Living people New York Academy of Art alumni Year of birth missing (living people)